Virtual Commons offers open access copies of Commonwealth and Departmental Honors Program theses and projects completed by undergraduate students who have submitted them electronically since 2013. The authors of these documents retain copyright to the intellectual property these works represent in their current form.
Theses/Projects from 2022
Strategies for Increasing Long Term Language Comprehension in English Learners, Apryl Danwah
Challenging Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty in Three State-Level Cases, Theresa Debrah
“I’m not just made for men”: How Online Sex Workers Manage Misogyny, Sarah Dellner
Deep Space and the Quantum Mechanical Case: A Study of Stars to the First BSU Direct Measurement of a Singular Photon, Darius Desnoes
Teaching Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen through a Series of Lesson Plans in the 21st Century, Patricia Diaz Fernandez
Review of Curriculums for English Language Learners, Hayden Doherty
What Works? A Qualitative Exploration of Play Therapy for Children in Pediatric Oncology, Caitlyn Dorsey
Exploring Materials for Carbon Capture: A Project-Based Lab for the First-Year Chemistry Course, Elise Eng
The Negative Effects of Social Media Sites on Adolescents and the Benefits of Evoking Empathy Through Reading, Lindsay Everson
Transgressing Time: Life and Death in the Portraiture of Paula Modersohn-Becker, Elizabeth Ezekiel
Evading OblivionLand, Caitlin Faria
The Foundations of Mathematics: Axiomatic Systems and Incredible Infinities, Catherine Ferris
Judged by the Cover, Jay Froio
Beauty Consumed, Erika Galvin
The Effects of Critical Literacy Theory on Listening Comprehension and Student Engagement, Jay Girvan
Exploring Experiences withContraceptive Discontinuation, Julia Giurleo
Who to Tell?: An Analysis of the Disclosure Experiences of Online Sex Workers, Michael Gomes
Sex Differences in the Anatomy of MAM E17 Treated Rats: A Developmental Model of Schizophrenia, Cassandra Hartsgrove
Over-Policing and Under-Protecting in American Cities, Margaret Hession
The Haunting of Wright Manor, Katherine Holzman
Be The Light: Creating a Space for the Next Generation of Lighting Designers, Destiny Hyman
Giving Voices to Children Who Were Refugees, Maddison Louise Jacques
Examining Victim-Worthiness and the Court Systems in Massachusetts Domestic Abuse Cases, Natalie Johns-Suriel
From Fitspiration Posts to Food Shaming: Social Media’s Impact on Adolescent Girls’ Body Image, Madison Jones
The New Consumed Consumer: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Compulsive and Impulsive Buying Habits of Gen Z, Kristen Kline
Prostitution and the Contagious Diseases Acts in Nineteenth-Century England, Victoria Knox
Blurred Lines: Understanding the Misconceptions Surrounding Sexual Consent on Campus, Nina M. Krueger
Food Insecurity In Perspective: Writing Food Access Into The Everyday, Colin James Lamusta
Cruel to Be Unkind, Michelle Landry
The Oppressed African American Female Voice in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and “Sweat”, Kaitlyn Levine
I Heard the Tree Scream and I Hated the Sound, Dakota Lopes
The Changing Motivations of First-Generation College Students, Jessica Lynch
Responsive Classroom Lessons for an Elementary Classroom, Emma Magnuski
1000 Ways A Black Woman Dies: Stories from the Waiting Room, An original play, Britney Lee-Anne Mallebranche
“I Feel Like This is the Best Thing I'm Good At”- Butter: Exploring Vulnerabilities to Sex Work Through YouTube, Beranda Marseile
Vertex-Magic Graphs, Karissa Massud
Exploring the Binding of Anticancer Drug BI-3802 with DNA Using Optical Tweezers, Jared McAuliffe
Greater Brockton’s Perception Towards Police, Jamiya McConnell
Black History in the Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms: Teacher Beliefs and Practices, Shannon McCormack
Characterization of Exosomes and Their Role in Cellular Migration in Chemosensitive and Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer Cells, Courtney McEneaney
Vertex-Magic Total Labeling on G-sun Graphs, Melissa Mejia
The Unequal Application of the Death Penalty in the United States: Critical Analysis and a Just Solution, Muriel Mena
Portrait of a Prostitute: A Feminist Analysis of The Victorian Sex Worker in 19th Century Art and Literature, Marissa Merlino
Let’s Play! The Power of Play as a Teaching Tool in the Elementary and Early Childhood Classroom, Jessica Moore
How Slavery is Taught in Schools, Aidan Mordas
Blood Sugar: A Collection of Essays on the Highs and Lows of Diabetes, Annalisa Morganelli
¿Pretérito o Imperfecto?: Advancing Spanish Past Tense Instruction for World Language Teachers and their L2 Classroom, Jake Murray
Black Lives Matter vs. Anti-Lockdownand Stop the Steal: How Framing Affects Political Protests, Tarah Pierre-Louis